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You and No Other
Failing to have her childhood arranged marriage annulled, Lacy journeys home only to be attacked by robbers and saved by the very husband she avoids, a man whose painful, secret past prevents him from claiming his tantalizing wife. Original.
320 pages, Mass Market Paperback
Published November 1, 1994
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Jo-Ann Power
28 books21 followersAka Ann Crowleigh (joint pseudonym with Barbara Cummings).
Writing a new mystery series starring a Texas Congresswoman and her reluctant bodyguard, Jo-Ann Power truly writes what she knows! A career in Washington in media--and a new resident of Texas (relatively speaking...), "JP" has created a series that PW loves as well as RT, Booklist and many readers more!"
Writing a new mystery series starring a Texas Congresswoman and her reluctant bodyguard, Jo-Ann Power truly writes what she knows! A career in Washington in media--and a new resident of Texas (relatively speaking...), "JP" has created a series that PW loves as well as RT, Booklist and many readers more!"
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did-not-finish
November 11, 2015This book is so bad compared to the two awesome bodice rippers I'm currently reading. BYE. DNF on page 25.
October 3, 2015
Lacy has been married since she was 4, but she hasn't seen her husband, Matthew Fletcher since the wedding day. He's been out fighting wars and helping Henry win the throne. So she decides that she needs a REAL husband, one who will stand by her so she seeks an annulment at court, where she meets her husband. There isn't much conflict between the two - other than Matt's overblown secret that he takes every possible reason to delay telling her...that's what keeps them apart. They kind of fall in insta-love. It's not dull, but it's not very exciting. The characters themselves are a bit flat. I liked Lacy, but she didn't really have any flaws. Matt was very tortured, but very dedicated. Not very alpha or even ultra-masculine...this guy actually sheds copious tears (as do several other men in this book). I found this different sense of masculinity very refreshing. Here is a man who is not afraid to show how much he loves his woman.
Now this has some flowery language. Not too dense or too long, but dialogue was very medieval sounding with "do" and "did" thrown before verbs, like "I did think you might forget" instead of "I thought you might forget." Love scenes are laden down with euphemisms to the point that I had absolutely no idea what was going. I'd interpret the euphemism, thinking they were so far along in the experience only to read another one that had me questioning my first interpretation. It made for tough reading. One scene is done in a metaphor - where sex is conversation. I quote: "His fluency made her gasp and open herself to his elegant discourse." In other words, his hands were pretty skillful and she opened her legs.
Now this has some flowery language. Not too dense or too long, but dialogue was very medieval sounding with "do" and "did" thrown before verbs, like "I did think you might forget" instead of "I thought you might forget." Love scenes are laden down with euphemisms to the point that I had absolutely no idea what was going. I'd interpret the euphemism, thinking they were so far along in the experience only to read another one that had me questioning my first interpretation. It made for tough reading. One scene is done in a metaphor - where sex is conversation. I quote: "His fluency made her gasp and open herself to his elegant discourse." In other words, his hands were pretty skillful and she opened her legs.
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